then it was all obama's face and the sequester was awful. then they decided they sort of liked the sequester and they were going to embrace it. we saw before the august recess, the republican house failing, having to pull the appropriations bill for transportation, housing and urban development from the floor because when push came to shove, they could not actually write the budget numbers. the cuts were too draconian, even for modern republicans. have their feelings on the sequester once again shifted? >> republicans are not of one mind on this. i mean, you have some folks like john mccain, who are saying they're open to what democrats are calling for, which is more than revenue to replace the sequester cuts. you have others that are saying that we need to have -- replace this with cuts to entitlement programs on medicare or social security. that's what democrats will not go for, unless there's some revenue in the mix. and there are others who say it's good. look what's happening. the deficit is actually decreasing for once. the see quester